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by can16358p 1054 days ago
So, can we finally say a "JPEG" or "H.264-in-MP4" for 3D content is coming?

(I mean as a universally accepted format that just works everywhere, not literally a JPEG on H.264 inside a scene)

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> So, can we finally say a "JPEG" or "H.264-in-MP4" for 3D content is coming?

Both of those are generally considered distribution formats, where my understanding is that USD is an authoring/interchange format. In that case, somewhat more analogous file formats might include TIFF and PSD for images. or Motion-JPEG and ProRes for video.

Oddly enough, MP4 already includes a 3D content specification: MPEG-4 Part 11:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4_Part_11